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Politics In Australia
Test Description: Revision test for our political unit
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Australia is an example of a/n
A
Direct Democracy
B
Dictatorship
C
Absolute Monarchy
D
Representative Democracy
2) Australians are eligible to vote once they turn
A
21
B
18
C
25
D
16
3) The two houses of parliament in Australia are the
A
House of Representatives (lower house) and Senate (upper house)
B
Government and Parliament
C
Top house and Bottom house
D
Senate (lower house) and House of Representatives (upper house)
4) The 3 levels of government in Australia are:
A
Local, State, Monarchy
B
Town, City and Country
C
Local, State and Federal
D
State, Territory, Country
5) When political parties join forces to gain a majority it is called a
A
Conglomerate
B
Constitution
C
Coalition
D
Cooperation
6) The party with the second highest number of votes in the House of Representatives forms the
A
Opposite
B
Different
C
Losers
D
Opposition
7) Why do we have 2 houses of parliament?
A
To provide jobs for more politicians
B
The Senate keeps the House of Reps accountable; it can also be known as the house of review as bills must be approved here.
C
The House of Reps can pass laws without the Senate but it is easier to pass them with the Senate on board
D
Because there are too many decisions for one group of people
8) The two major parties in Australia are the
A
Marijuana Party and the Animal Justice Party
B
Australian Labor Party and the Liberal Party
C
Nationals and Greens
D
Labor and Liberal
9) Independents are members of parliament that
A
Are members of a smaller political party
B
Do not belong to a political party or coalition
C
Hate the parties
10) The key principles of the ALP are that they
A
Are the oldest party, strive for a fairer Australia for workers, try to close the gap between rich and poor citizens
B
Are the oldest party
C
Fight with the Liberals on as many points as they can
D
Like workers, spend lots of money, work really hard
11) The Liberal Party key principles are that they
A
Fight with the ALP on as many issues as possible
B
Form coalitions with everyone
C
Strive for less government control, believe in the power of individuals and small businesses, hold more conservative beliefs
D
Work to provide tax cuts to big businesses and stop small businesses from succeeding
12) Some factors that influence voter behaviour are
A
Social Media and Advertisements (includes smear campaigns),
B
Opinion Polls, Public Debate
C
Party Loyalty, Important issues
D
All of the above
13) What is a swinging voter?
A
Someone who changes between parties depending on issues and shared values
B
Someone on a swing
C
Someone who has voted for the same party since they first began voting
D
Young people
14) The process of counting votes in the House of Representatives is called the
A
First past the post system
B
Proportional system
C
Secret ballot system
D
Preferential system
15) How regularly are House of Representative elections held?
A
6 years
B
10 years
C
2 years
D
3 years
16) Voting in the Senate is called Proportional Representative voting; voters can vote either
A
Above or below the line
B
To the left or the right of the line
C
On time or not at all
17) An absolute majority occurs when a party achieves
A
Less than half of the votes
B
More than half of the votes
C
Half the votes
D
All of the votes and none less
18) The quota in the Senate is
A
Half the votes +1
B
A quarter of the votes +1
C
100% of the votes
D
Some of the votes
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